Domestication of Plants in the Old World - The Origin and Spread of Cultivated Plants in West Asia, Europe and the Nile Valley (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition)

The origin of agriculture is one of the defining events of human history, with settlement in favour of the agricultural lifestyle triggering the evolution of complex political and economic structures, and new technologies. Domestication of Plants in the Old World reviews the origin and spread of cultivation in south-west Asia, Europe, and north-east Africa, from the very earliest beginnings. This new edition incorporates the most recent findings from molecular biology about the early cultivars; it adds material on several new crop plants; and it incorporates extensive new archaeological data about the spread of agriculture within the region. The reference list has been completely updated, as have the list of archaeological sites and the site maps.